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Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia

Paul Sillitoe
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      This Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia is intended for undergraduate anthropology students with some grounding in the issues and ideas that inform the discipline, and for courses in Pacific Studies. Each chapter focuses on a topic common to many cultures in the region, such as the role of so-called Big Men, ancestors, male initiation, and exchange, and these ideas are fleshed out with apt ethnographic examples. Melanesia is a fascinating culture area, and has always been a popular fieldwork site for anthropologists, including W. H. R. Rivers, Bronislaw Malinowski, Margaret Mead, and Gregory Bateson. Some of the most important theoretical contributions to the subject were also first formulated with reference to Melanesian studies, and students today still learn much of their basic anthropology from Melanesian examples.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Paul Sillitoe EAN: 9780521581868 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 580 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-10-08 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Melanesia, Social and cultural anthropology

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      This Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia is intended for undergraduate anthropology students with some grounding in the issues and ideas that inform the discipline, and for courses in Pacific Studies. Each chapter focuses on a topic common to many cultures in the region, such as the role of so-called Big Men, ancestors, male initiation, and exchange, and these ideas are fleshed out with apt ethnographic examples. Melanesia is a fascinating culture area, and has always been a popular fieldwork site for anthropologists, including W. H. R. Rivers, Bronislaw Malinowski, Margaret Mead, and Gregory Bateson. Some of the most important theoretical contributions to the subject were also first formulated with reference to Melanesian studies, and students today still learn much of their basic anthropology from Melanesian examples.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Paul Sillitoe EAN: 9780521581868 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 580 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-10-08 CITY: GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Melanesia, Social and cultural anthropology

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